Greetings Swimmers!
As you start to make summer plans, please save the date for the NE Long Course Meters Championship to be held again in Middlebury, Vt. (June 25-27, 2010)
A few reasons to get excited about next year’s meet…
1) Bill Boomer, Olympic coach and technique guru will offer a two-day Master’s clinic on Thursday and Friday (June 24-25) as well as on-deck consultation on Saturday (June 26). See the attached flyer. Boomer has worked with Dara Torres, Jenny Thompson and countless other elite swimmers during his long career. Here is a link to an interesting article about his impact on the sport: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3871/is_200007/ai_n8918915/
2) Rowdy Gaines will be our guest speaker at the Saturday Social (to be held at the Middlebury Inn this year).
3) The Saturday Social will also be the setting for the 1st Annual New England Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
More info on clinic registration, the meet and other exciting events will follow soon… In the meantime, be sure to reserve your lodging. We have again blocked rooms at the Courtyard Marriott (802-388-7600) and The Middlebury Inn (1-800-842-4666). Just mention the “NE Masters Swim Meet” to get the discount.
Best wishes in your training and we hope to see you all at Middlebury next summer!
Jessica Holmes
Middlebury Muffintops
Paint Rock Pool in Lexington is currently seeking a Pool Manager for the 2010 season. Please the job description and contact prpsearch@gmail.com if interested.
Minuteman Masters Swim Club will host a Long-Axis Stroke Mechanics Clinic on Sunday December 6 from 4pm – 6pm at Bosse Sports Club. The clinic is geared toward intermediate level swimmers. A number of drills and skills will be introduced to aid the swimmer in improving their balance in both axes, as well as improved body alignment and increased propulsion. This clinic is open to all NEM members.
Location: Bosse Sports Club, 141 Boston Post Road (Rt 20), Sudbury, MA
Date: Sunday Dec 6, 4pm-6pm
Cost: $40
Registration: Please call Bosse Sports to register, 978-413-4613. The clinic will be limited to 12 swimmers to increase the level of personal attention
Questions: For non-registration related questions, please contact coach David Fair at davidjfair@gmail.com or coach Rich Axtell at rich@minutemanmasters.com
There will be a Thanksgiving Day masters swim practice hosted by Cambridge Masters from 7:30-9:00 AM on Thanksgiving morning.
Location: Havard University’s Blodgett Pool, 79 North Harvard Avenue, Boston, MA 02134
All are welcome. Please fill out and bring with you the CMSC drop-in waiver: http://www.cambridgemasters.com/drop_in.pdf
You do not need to be USMS registered.
Cost: $10 for non-CMSC members.
Questions, contact:
Abe Rogers
CMSC Head Swim Coach
abe@cambridgemasters.com
cell (303) 818 3928
Wellesley College Swimming and Diving will be hosting the 2009 Wellesley College Swim Clinic on Saturday, November 21st, 2009. This years clinic will feature former Olympic gold medallist BJ Bedford Miller and National Team Coach Jonty Skinner and will focus on teaching high level stroke mechanics, goal setting, and athletic intelligence to camp participants.
The 2009 Swim Clinic is open to age group, college, and masters swimmers of all abilities as well as their coaches. Registration will be limited to ensure that camp participants get the highest quality instruction possible, and will be handled on a first come/first sever basis. Please head to our registration page for more information about the registration process. The page is located at http://www.wellesley-masters.com/clinics/wsc09/
Wellesley College Swimming and Diving is proud to offer this dynamic learning experience and we hope to see you in the pool on November 21st!
Later that afternoon there will be a celebrity lecture given by Jonty Skinner, noted for:
Former Performance Scientist for the USA Swimming National Team
World Class Technical Consultant for British Swimming
Owner of Athletic Intelligence Consulting
Has coached athletes to 17 Gold Medals in Olympic competition.
From the moments before your race begins, to the point where you are on the wall catching your breath after the race, your brain is in complete charge of everything you do. It will decide prior to climbing on the blocks what you will achieve in the race, and it will manage the race based on how it has been trained in the period leading up to that race. The key is understanding that even though you think you’re training your body, you’re actually training your brain how to manage your body when you race. So understanding how your brain works will unlock a new paradigm of performance adaptation, and enhance your ability to achieve times you’ve never believed possible. In this lecture you will be exposed to how the brain works, how it needs to be trained, and how it will enhance your ability to take ownership over your career. This doesn’t stop at just swimming; it translates to all sports and for the most part all facets of life.
from Katina Mitchell, Granite State Penguins
All,
As you may or may not know our mother was recently diagnosed with MDS (also known as pre-leukemia). She is in need of a stem cell transplant. Unfortunately, our mother, like many others has no matches in the current donor registry bank. Our mom needs to have a stem cell transplant in January so we are desperately trying to find her a match by the end of December. This means that we need everyone to register to become a donor today. Please help give our mom another chance at life.
We have created a website in order for you to obtain more information on our mom and the donation process. We hope you find this website helpful. Please let us know if you have any questions or need additional information. Thanks in advance for your support!
http://helpsusanmitchell.weebly.com/index.html
You can also join our facebook group:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=173247686026
For those of you in the area there is a local drive in Windham NH on Thursday November 19th from 4-8pm at Saint Matthew Parish Center 2 Searles Road Windham, NH 03087. Here is a link to the flier.
Here is a link to the online drive document. So you have the promotional code.
Love,
Katina, Wesley, and Serena
Please head over to our NEW NEM Newsletter Archive section. It is located in the links section on the right as well as here:
Link to archive
Take a walk back through the history of NEM…back to the early beginnings.
-Nate
One of our NEM teammates, Win Wilson, has written a book, Good Swimming. It is primarily aimed at triathletes and competent lap swimmers. It is a fun, easy read book with a lot of information that will be helpful to any of us.
Donna de Varona did a highly complimentary Foreword, and three topnotch coaches went over the manuscript to ensure its technical veracity. The book will be available by the end of November and you can purchase a copy through Win at wwwswm@aol.com. The price is $20 plus mailing costs. Win will sign every copy he sends out.
Win has been a member of NEM dating back to 1977. He is a multi time USMS All American and National Record holder (butterfly and distance freestyle) and was a consistent contributer of articles for the NEM News “Tips For Teamates” section. Win is a member of the Brown University Athletic Hall of Fame, Rhode Island Aquatics Hall of Fame and International Scholar Athlete Hall of Fame.
For more information go to the web site: www.goodswimming.com
SWIM THE 2009 BRUTE SQUAD
Postal Swim
1650 or 1500 Freestyle
400 Individual Medley
200 Butterfly
Where: Your short course pool, in your hometown
When: November 1 – December 31, 2009
What: Swim the three events in one workout or meet, in any order you choose, with as much rest in between as you want (must be swum in one 24 hour day).
Cost: $25 includes a long sleeve t-shirt, or $35 for a hoodie sweatshirt.
Divisions: Fitness and competitive divisions, (untimed and timed), men and women by USMS age groups.
Recognition: Awards for competitive division, club scoring as well!
Forms & Info: Entry forms and additional information available at: http://www.BruteSquadSwim.com
—
Doug Garcia
1320 Saint John Place
Fort Collins, CO 80525
970-672-8011
Doug@DougMaryGarcia.org
http://www.DougMaryGarcia.org
Vote for our Tracy Grilli and the Mighty Mermaids in the election for 2009 World Open Water Female Swimmer of the Year. The Mighty Mermaids are 6 women, all over the age of 50 who have banded together to prove that life doesn’t end at 50. Together they have gotten through some of life’s challenges as well as challenging open water swims, while also raising a sizeable amount of money for breast cancer. Go to: http://www.thewaterisopen.com/polls/2009_woman_of_the_year for info and to vote.
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